The “Ivangorod” automobile checkpoint on the Estonian border in the Leningrad region will be closed for reconstruction, while the pedestrian border will continue to operate. Head of the Customs Control Organization Service of the North-Western Customs Administration Alexander Vinogradov told journalists about this. Interfax.
The checkpoint is scheduled to be closed on February 1. “About 2.5 years,” Vinogradov said.
He stated that the Ministry of Transport and Rosgranstroi will comment more specifically on this situation in the future.
At the end of last year, the Russian government issued a decree suspending road traffic through the Ivangorod checkpoint from February 1, 2024.
January 24 Russian Ministry of Foreign Affairs reportedRussia withdrew from the agreement on cross-border cooperation with Finland. The agreement was terminated on January 24, according to the document. At the same time, Moscow and Helsinki signed this agreement on April 13, 2012.
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